Question

Study the extract of the Survey of India map sheet no: G43510 - Map 3 and answer the following questions (Eastings 63 to 71 and Northings 14 to 24):

1. What is RF? What is the RF given on the map extract?
2. What is the four-figure grid reference of the following:
   1. Jain temples in the north?
   2. A burial ground closest to Nakhi Talao?
3. Interpret the following in the four figure grids mentioned along:
   1. Falls 12 min 7019.
   2. 1327 Δ in 6721.
4. What is the drainage pattern in four figure grids 6917 and in 6818 respectively?
5. List two possible reasons why there isn’t direct metalled road connectivity between Abu in the north and the settlements in the southern part of the map extract.
6. Give the six-figure grid reference of the following:
   1. Spot height 1277.
   2. Veterinary Hospital near Abu Town.
7. What is the difference in the pattern of settlements between Abu in the north and Chandela in the south respectively?
8. List any two reasons why Abu is a natural, tourism destination.
9. 1. What is the specialty of the well at Sakora (6317)?
   2. How many Tahsils or Talukas are shown on the map extract?
10. 1. Give one reason to say why the water of Nakhi Talao must not be used for potable purpose by the residents of Abu.
    2. What is the direction of Hetamiji from Nakhi Talao?

Answer 1

1. Representative Fraction Scale It is 1 : 50000, which means one unit of distance on map represents fifty thousand similar units of distance on the ground.
2. 1. 6923
   2. 6721
3. 1. The relative height of the waterfall along the seasonal stream is 12 meters.
   2. It is a triangulated height. It shows the height of the triangulated station is 1327 meters above mean sea level.
4. 6917 is a radial drainage pattern.
   6818 is a dendritic drainage pattern.
5. 1. The central region is characterised by steep mountain ridges, precipitous slopes, and hills (Ramkund ka Pahár and Kua ka Pahár), making road construction challenging.
   2. The presence of a large dense mixed jungle (protected and reserved forests) limits massive structural clearances in order to conserve biodiversity and natural topography.
6. 1. 701213 or 701212
   2. 687210
7. Abu is a permanent nucleated/clustersed settlement.
   Fatehura is a scattered, dispersed settlement.
8. 1. It appears to be a hill station as indicated by the numerous contours surrounding it.
   2. Historic significance due to the presence of Cave dwellings, Dilwara temples, etc.
   3. Religious significance due to the presence of Jain temples, Hanumanji Ka Mandir, Shri Vashisht Ashram, etc.
   4. Recreational facilities such as Nakhi Talao, Sunset Point, etc.
9. 1. Well at Sakora (6317): It is a brackish well, i.e., a well with hard water, containing dissolved minerals and salt. Therefore, its water is unfit for drinking.
   2. Three
10. 1. The water may be polluted, as Nakhi Talao is surrounded by human habitations.
    2. Direction of Hetamiji from Nakhi Talao is Southeast.